News
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Opioid pack size review
Thursday | Sep 13 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has commenced a review of opioids commonly used to treat acute pain in the home setting, to consider whether registered pack sizes align with the requirements for their intended short-term use.
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TGA-evaluated CMs
Thursday | Sep 13 2018COMPLEMENTARY Medicines (CMs) that have been evaluated by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) have been listed on the TGA website.
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$10m clinical trials
Thursday | Sep 13 2018THE Federal Government is investing $10 million to fund six new rare cancer and rare disease clinical trials focused on improving survival rates with new treatments.
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S3 sildenafil rejected
Thursday | Sep 13 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA's) Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS) has knocked back an application to make erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil available over-the-counter as a pharmacist-only medicine.
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Ramsay misses pharmacy targets
Thursday | Sep 13 2018RAMSAY Health Care failed to achieve its goals for Ramsay Pharmacy and its franchise business during the last financial year.
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Walgreens patient data purchase
Thursday | Sep 13 2018AMERICAN pharmacy giant Walgreens has confirmed the US$165 million purchase of pharmacy patient prescription files relating to 185 stores operated by competitor Fred's Pharmacy.
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DuPont has the right ingredient
Thursday | Sep 13 2018DUPONT Nutrition & Health is celebrating after its "Howaru Shape" probiotic won the Ingredient of the Year category at NutraIngedients-Asia Awards which took place in Singapore last Mon.
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FDA ticks new naloxone combo
Thursday | Sep 13 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved Teva Pharmaceuticals' Cassipa (buprenorphine and naloxone) sublingual film for the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence.
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SME WA workshop
Thursday | Sep 13 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced a free "Meeting Your Obligations" workshop for small to medium enterprises (SMEs), start-ups and researchers.
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UK family busted for fake drugs
Thursday | Sep 13 2018A British family that produced home-made drugs in a cement-mixer has been convicted, with a man, his wife and his brother pleading guilty to producing and supplying unlicensed medicines and money laundering.
